Hackers-Town

2024-12-23

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hackers.town: 2024-12-23 Mon 11:19

Three times today I remembered that I forgot to take my #ADHD meds.

Four.

hackers.town: 2024-12-23 Mon 11:24

@Trg404 please just don’t bring up the sticky bit.

hackers.town: 2024-12-23 Mon 12:35

Me, talking to the therapist about new ADHD medication regimen and rounding up the last of my mental bullet points of changes noticed since last update (fewer intrustive thoughts, slightly better prioritization, poorer appetite awareness, but getting more stuff done)

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2024-12-22

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hackers.town: 2024-12-22 Sun 08:39

On the bright side, at least we don’t need an extra bed for the man in black.

#FediGames #Rimworld

a brand new colony with two of three colonists and the one pet dead from a Warg attack. A man in black has arrived, attempted to rescue the colonists, and is now tidying up the colonists’ home
a brand new colony with two of three colonists and the one pet dead from a Warg attack. A man in black has arrived, attempted to rescue the colonists, and is now tidying up the colonists’ home

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2024-12-21

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hackers.town: 2024-12-21 Sat 12:06

looking up some tools and I find one that looks promising so I check out the docs

and

uh

nicely formatted documentation page with loads of “lorem ipsum” filler text but also a few actual instructions
nicely formatted documentation page with loads of “lorem ipsum” filler text but also a few actual instructions

hackers.town: 2024-12-21 Sat 12:13

@funnelfiasco It gets better / worse.

hackers.town: 2024-12-21 Sat 12:38

@funnelfiasco but it’s so deliciously terrible!

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2024-12-20

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hackers.town: 2024-12-20 Fri 08:18

@blogdiva @Colarusso this is also how some of my admittedly trailer park childhood friends would have described their perfect neighborhood.

hackers.town: 2024-12-20 Fri 12:01

A thing I appreciate about being in a mostly neurodivergent household is we can generally give emotionally honest answers.

“Would either of you (people with cars and keys) be interested in a trip to the store?”

Me: Nope. Not at all. What do you need?

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2024-12-19

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hackers.town: 2024-12-19 Thu 09:10

My 2024 recap:

wait it’s 2024 already

what do you mean it already happened

crap

hackers.town: 2024-12-19 Thu 09:53

That thing where two days after the interview your brain pops up with your answer (based on habits built up over so very many years of experience) to a question that had you stumbling a bit while in interview mode.

hackers.town: 2024-12-19 Thu 09:53

@Johannab the pets add an acceptable layer of busywork

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2024-12-18

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hackers.town: 2024-12-18 Wed 09:33

@vmbrasseur glad the studies are expanding beyond twelve year old suburban boys, slow but sure.

hackers.town: 2024-12-18 Wed 13:47

Me: (grumbly groany noise)

She: Hm?

Me: My brain is doing a thing.

Bouncy Dog: (grumbly groany noise)

hackers.town: 2024-12-18 Wed 13:50

just thought of an exciting new way to dramatically overcomplicate my personal site

hackers.town: 2024-12-18 Wed 13:59

@tithonium It passes the linter, yep.

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2024-12-17

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hackers.town: 2024-12-17 Tue 09:41

@btp please don’t fix that typo.

“What’s that? You need a bear to walk through the woodsy backdrop so that it looks kinda like Bigfoot? Sure whatever. Bet you won’t even let me have some of your picnic food. Because I’m Frank. Frank the disposable fscking Kodiak.”

hackers.town: 2024-12-17 Tue 09:45

@btp well, the camera was a Kodak. I associate Kodiak with the bears.

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2024-12-16

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hackers.town: 2024-12-16 Mon 00:24

Way past bedtime but also much closer to a usable setup for my site.

blog post on dark background with orange-red links
blog post on dark background with orange-red links

hackers.town: 2024-12-16 Mon 17:54

Hey would this work on the little experimental Django iteration? Let’s see.

Five minutes to set up django-sass-processor and copy the SASS sources.

An hour or so to figure out Django ImageField and make sure my source-pulling script grabs cover images correctly.

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2024-12-15

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hackers.town: 2024-12-15 Sun 10:04

Winter sun coming at us sideways in the morning, so everything in #Tucson looks extra dramatic.

Small vibrant yellow flowers
Small vibrant yellow flowers

Desert mountain with features highlighted by long shadows
Desert mountain with features highlighted by long shadows

hackers.town: 2024-12-15 Sun 10:32

@thegibson then you probably shouldn’t

hackers.town: 2024-12-15 Sun 10:33

Rebuilding mental Django context, so of course I get a project idea for Go.

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2024-12-14

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hackers.town: 2024-12-14 Sat 10:30

She, reading instructions: Red is high, blue is medium, and green is low

Me, pushing the button: What’s yellow?

She: Seriously?

hackers.town: 2024-12-14 Sat 10:36

Morning time realization is “I don’t know” is a return to form, after a lifetime of “I’m fine” and a partner I trust to share the actual answer with.

hackers.town: 2024-12-14 Sat 10:55

@hummingrain I typed it pretty much while I was thinking it, so it’s a little clumsy. But yeah you read it right.

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